Dmitriy Zaslavskiy has asked a very good question: “How come VC8 doesn't distinguish long double and double? I thought VC7 did. Have to go back and check.” The short answer is: The types are distinct, but the sizes are the same...

I often think about what I would change in C++ were I given carte blanche to update the language. One thing in particular has been on mind in recent months—the register keyword. The register keyword was originally intended to allow C programmers...